INT EYESSharon Kinzie
HOW TO
PAINT EYES
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Cartoon Eyes... ee 3 wwGENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
AND HELPFUL HINTS
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lean pee tla er
brushes. Determine the sz of the
brash by che sie ofthe area being
plated choose & brush wick wil
Cover the area in| 103 stoke)
IL Color Preparation
The constency ofthe colors
should be spreadable ules dicted
othernise. Thin acrili pint and
drs 0 men kes
unt the cole wll dep e a dropper
second rat from the end of a alee
knife Blade held vertically
IDL Loading Brushes
DDampen the bush and qusee
cut the wat, Plc the brates in
the edge ofthe color onthe plete
hard enough or the ries fo "en
ct te brush accepts the coor all
the way through the bri Tarn
the brush over and repeat The net
stp i ten inp: Bounce the
beash on the paler wo dacbute
the colo eve Brush of onthe
palee any buildup of color or excess
Cob. To tes fo cet ating,
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“flip” the brosh ove the pales as
sou would shake down a thermome-
sf the pan perth bss
TV. Base Coats
A smoath coverage fr ase coat
colors sa must Dot overwork the
base coat colors while they are
dying. As a general rue, we c00
oats of base coat coor.
V, General Hints
‘Aw When painting fecurs, nose
people find it moze diel we pane
ne eye this is teue with you, pane
the “hardest eve fis. I you wee
to pain the eaty eye ity i would
take the other eye even harder to
4, since you would not only have to
aint an acceptable eye, But make i
snatch the frst one.
B- To race pages race
the ee shapes, rans
Soxenianicrecem
follow the directions,
C—To se where the highlights on
an eye could go, use clean, wet
Tush to cover the dey eve. Tur the
‘projec bck and forth near ight
and the astral highlight wl appear
fn the moist eye. You can us this
rethod to decid the placermenc and
shape of a highight that will bse
eibance the eye. Pat the eye dev and
Pct nan
D~To achieve dep and renlu-
cency of real eves, workin washes of
color over a ase cont. Thee ate
thee types of weshes: hi, medium,
and heavy Totes the cnsitency of
rath te ape fom « ephone
00k, TV or newspapers
(eink it more sale onthe Es
to).
agit gs wih war brid
in with a dopo eo
‘okt a wate he ting
with a palete nie. Load the brosh
as decribed in paragraph U do not
rege nal
not give a correct ces, Agel jst
re sake sche rng othe
reper and you wl beable to see the
roges ofthe wash preparation.
Refer to the secompanving ers
tion and you wile that hin wash
(a) wil cine only che background of
the papers medium wash (wil te
the bckgrund anda eve 2
TESTING WASHES:suspicion of clr ver the
ivy wh) wil lore back
Erin ee edenioa
ce tpg
ou are working wth a
lied he stra
{Shc ors dsing back en art,
Sasene lor wea
brush and have thinned the colrc00
much. (Ihave observed two people
ting the sme wash wih eniely
‘erent rents. You mst djs he
swab to sue yourell. Heavies of
hand, brush loading, leugh of time
to make & see, and other facts
make x difeence in the results)
Are you having eouble bing
eee egret te
ofa toke ina cept line
orl sar came ou ce
ou are too geomet. You can help
‘ourell. Consider that you have
ten your name lor yer, making
pial eter en few all tes
diferent shapes and se if you
can accompli is, ou an tata «
srometrie
For now, if you are struggling end
bepcaten ei ad
imate a lengths, loose go au
the sarbuacinshorer tok, then
came ck an cho rnd es
to pull nthe long lines.
Bee pore naling
round cic? Practice hese with
inos everything, but your hind
aad arm only pivot fT doing
‘quarto a thied of dee, hea
tuen the projet and conte unt
yet cmpie i ik, Th aa
of your muscles may give you a
flat spc inal of your cles. The
sur ow ae fo» handed
on, imagining a cirde a a
Ufc nbereen 8a 12
dock,
H Avoid cross parching.” When
all rushtokes are rng in one
dlretion, donot change the dre
tion by crossing stoke with one of
a diferent ange.
gl Some ros can hae mre
acer by giving the eyes a super
shiny surface tha sluays Took wet
He el eye To ahi i i 2
«ras shop and ask fo a"Polymee”
product. The product, which goes by
3 wames in various aes, has
bea used for years by pecrle doing
decoupege. cis a reopar mitre
lke epors cement. One drawback co
fuse & the long drying period”THOUGHTS ON
PAINTING AN EYE
1, Tupally ge an oftwhie color
fo the whites ofthe ees and for 2
very god reason. If you hol apiece
of whitepaper beside your own eye
while faking into 2 ier, yu wll
‘baer that yous ee is no where a
nearly white a che paper. Another
‘reason not use pure white is that it
anaes finshed eye ok stark and
searey. Abo, f you use white for
Saha he hgh wl ok
smuch brights ifthe are notin
‘competition withthe rest of the eye
‘Another consideration that ee for
pesos with darker skin coloration
vel ook more natural wth hight
dacker whites ofthe
The coors select forthe
shits of ees ee Ivory, Pale Be, or
a very pale Blue Gray.
2. The larger the ee che more